The state will still allow lethal injection for death-row prisoners if it's not possible to use the firing squad.
Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.
From lethal injection to nitrogen gas, here’s a look at the execution methods allowed under Alabama law.
Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.
Alabama has requested to execute Jeffery Lee by lethal injection following court decisions that blocked the use of nitrogen gas, raising questions about the future of nitrogen executions in the state.
The state of Alabama isn’t giving up trying to execute Jeffery Lee, even after the Supreme Court upheld a ruling barring the state from gassing him on Thursday night. Less than 24 hours after the ...
Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...
A federal appeals court has ruled Alabama’s method of executing prisoners with nitrogen gas could cause “intolerable” suffering, reversing a lower court’s decision and setting up a legal battle ahead ...
It is the sixth failed lethal-injection execution in less than 10 years.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama on Friday asked permission to execute a man by lethal injection after court rulings blocked the use of nitrogen gas and cast doubt on the future of the state’s gas method.
Alabama on Friday moved to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward. The Alabama Attorney General's office asked the Alabama Supreme ...